Industry

.Auto News

· Chrysler and Ford see the industry sales pace in June being in line with May’s 13.8 million seasonally adjusted annualized rate – the slowest this year
· Chrysler is counting on US growth to offset the weakness in Europe
· Chrysler dealers saw the first deliveries of the Dart this month
· Estimated to be about a couple hundred Dart sales in June and inventory is at about 1,000

Detroit Free Press

· YTD sales are expected to top 20,000 in June
· Abarth has helped improve sales and dealers have already ordered all available inventory
· Fiat 500 Abarth sales are on track to exceed 27,000 in North America by the end of June

WSJ

· Dodge will offer as many as 100,000 possible combinations of colors and optional features
· Five different basic styles, 12 different exterior colors and up to 14 different interior color schemes
· How much choice is too much? Hyundai doesn’t allow for more than 100 different combinations
· The number of Dodge custom orders will be new to many dealers who haven’t typically dealt with this